Episodes

  • Episode 45: Lou Prosperi
    Jun 5 2024

    On this week's episode we are pleased to share our conversation with Author, instructional designer, and "Imagineering Evangelist" Lou Prosperi! Lou shares his amazing insight into what makes Imagineers so good at what they do and how we can all use the principles of Imagineering in many other aspects of our own lives!

    Check out Lou's website HERE

    To Purchase Lou's books click HERE

    DISCLAIMER: We are not an affiliate of the Walt Disney Company nor do we speak for the brand or the company. Any and all Disney-owned audio, characters, and likenesses are their property and theirs alone.

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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • Episode 46: Don Payne
    May 30 2024

    On this week's episode of the show we sit down to chat with Disneyland entertainer, Don Payne. Don shares stories from his long career with Disney from being Pluto to starring on the famous Golden Horseshoe stage!


    DISCLAIMER: We are not an affiliate of the Walt Disney Company nor do we speak for the brand or the company. Any and all Disney owned audio, characters, and likenesses are their property and theirs alone.

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    59 mins
  • Episode 45: Joseph Yakovetic
    May 22 2024

    On this week's episode of the show we had the opportunity to sit down with the very talented artists Joseph Yakovetic! Joseph shared many amazing stories from his career working with Disney from designing windows for the original Disney stores to carving pumpkins in Disneyland. He truly is a Renaissance Man and you definitely don't want to miss our chat with him!

    To see more of Joseph's work be sure to check out his website HERE

    DISCLAIMER: We are not an affiliate of the Walt Disney Company, nor do we speak for the brand or the company. Any and all DIsney-owned audio, characters, and likenesses are their property and theirs alone.

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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Episode 44: Dave Alvarez
    May 15 2024

    On this week's episode of the show we are excited to share our conversation with an animator, character designer, and storyboard artist who has worked with so many of our favorite characters! Dave Alvarez has worked on some of the most famous characters from Disney to the Looney Tunes and everything in between and he was kind enough to share many of his amazing stories (and his Kermit voice!) with us!

    To check out Dave's work (including his very funny Kotto Kotorra original) visit his website HERE

    DISCLAIMER: We are not an affiliate of the Walt Disney Company, nor do we speak for the brand or the company. Any and all Disney-owned audio, characters, and likenesses are their property an theirs alone.

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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Episode 43: The Return of the Doctor...Jeff Barnes
    May 8 2024

    On this week's episode we have the absolute pleasure of welcoming back our very god friend, Dr. Disneyland himself, Jeff Barnes! Jeff is our very first guest to come back for another chat and we couldn't be more honored and excited to welcome him back to share even more amazing stories. If you didn't get the chance to enjoy his first visit you definitely want to catch that episode (#4) as well!

    We he bill our first trilogy? We can only hope!

    To get more Dr. Disneyland in your life be sure to visit his website HERE

    To purchase "The Wisdom of Walt" and "Beyond the Wisdom of Walt" visit his Amazon page HERE

    DISCLAIMER: We are not an affiliate of the Walt Disney Company nor do we speak for the brand or the company. Any Disney-owned audio, characters, and likenesses are their property and theirs alone.


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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • Episode 42: Philo Barnhart
    May 1 2024

    This week, the Sharing the Magic crew welcomes animator Philo Barnhart! Tune in as he shares amazing stories from working on some of our most beloved Disney films and characters! You don't want to miss this one!

    DISCLAIMER: We are not an affiliate of the Walt Disney Company nor do we speak for the brand or the company. Any and all Disney-owned audio, characters, and likenesses are their property and theirs alone.

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    54 mins
  • Episode 41: Joe Herrington - PART 2
    Apr 24 2024

    Welcome back to another episode of Sharing the Magic! This week we bring you part 2 of our conversation with WDW's principal Media Designer, Joe Herrington! If you didn't catch part 1, be sure to check it out!

    To find out more about Joe: check out his website HERE

    And be sure to check out his book Tekoa available on Amazon HERE

    DISCLAIMER: We are not affiliate of the Walt Disney Company nor do we speak for the brand or the company. Any and all Disney-owned audio, characters, and likenesses are their property and theirs alone.

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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • Episode 40: Joe Herrington - PART 1
    Apr 17 2024

    On this week's episode, we're bringing you part 1 of our conversation with WDW's principal Media Designer, Joe Herrington. Joe is responsible for so much of what we hear in some of our favorite Disney attractions and lands and shares a great mix of both story and technical aspects in our chat.

    Be sure to tune in and catch part 2 next week as well!

    Disclaimer: We are not an affiliate of the Walt Disney Company, nor do we speak for the brand or the company. Any and all Disney-owned audio, characters, and likenesses are their property and theirs alone.


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    53 mins